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New York, USA, July 10th, 2026, Chainwire

TrueDAO announced today the completion of a $10 million strategic funding round. The round was led by Brevan Howard Digital, with participation from Zee Prime Capital and Jump Capital. The proceeds will primarily fund core AI protocol development, AI-driven risk control, security audits, global compliance efforts, and the expansion of ecosystem partnerships.

The journey to this milestone began a year ago when the TrueDAO team set out to build a decentralized financial infrastructure driven by smart contracts, on-chain reserves, dynamic adjustment mechanisms, and community governance. The initiative aimed to address challenges in the traditional crypto industry regarding yield sustainability, risk response, reserve transparency, and governance efficiency; since then, the team has successfully developed the core protocol architecture.

TrueDAO is not designed for a single blockchain application; instead, it aims to serve as a modular financial infrastructure, providing global ecosystem projects with liquidity management, reserve management, risk alerts, yield distribution, and governance support.

This funding round will focus on five key areas: refining smart contracts and protocol modules; building AI-driven risk monitoring and stress-testing systems; implementing independent security audits, real-time monitoring, and bug bounty programs; advancing legal and compliance assessments across various jurisdictions; and releasing developer documentation while expanding ecosystem partnerships.

SoLee, Head of Marketing at TrueDAO stated “Raising $10 million is a significant milestone, but it is not the finish line. While capital accelerates development, it cannot replace security, transparent governance, and genuine value creation. We remain committed to building an on-chain financial infrastructure that is auditable, verifiable, and governable.”

Following the funding, TrueDAO will advance its testnet launch, security audits, developer tools, and ecosystem integration plans, while disclosing protocol operations and reserve data in phases. Specific launch dates, token arrangements, and incentive mechanisms will be subject to official announcements and applicable laws.

About TrueDAO

TrueDAO is an AI-driven decentralized autonomous financial infrastructure project. It is dedicated to building an open, transparent, and composable on-chain financial system through the integration of smart contracts, on-chain data, AI risk analysis, dynamic value adjustment, protocol reserves, and DAO governance.

TrueDAO Website: www.truedao.ai

Contact

TrueDAO
[email protected]

Tortola, British Virgin Islands, July 1st, 2026, Chainwire

VCT combines blockchain transparency, agribusiness intelligence, export-finance infrastructure and real-world asset tokenization on BNB Smart Chain.

Valle Capital Token (“VCT”) today announced the development and expansion of its blockchain-powered ecosystem designed to connect global digital capital with Brazilian agribusiness operations and international commodity exports.

Built on BNB Smart Chain, Valle Capital Token combines utility-token functionality with a real-world asset-focused model intended to support greater transparency, operational visibility and digital infrastructure across agricultural production, commodity financing, logistics and export activity.

The project is structured around a British Virgin Islands tokenization entity and aims to create a bridge between traditional agribusiness, international trade and the global Web3 economy. Through EVM smart contracts, digital dashboards, monitoring tools and on-chain records, Valle Capital intends to support a more transparent and connected ecosystem for producers, commercial partners, exporters, international buyers and eligible global participants.

Connecting Global Capital to the Real Economy

Brazilian agribusiness and commodity exports represent one of the country’s most important economic engines. The sector depends on continuous access to capital, operational intelligence, logistics coordination, documentation control and reliable reporting across every phase of the production and export chain.

From advance commodity purchases and crop financing to storage, shipment preparation and international settlement, agricultural and export operations often involve multiple parties, including producers, buyers, warehouses, logistics providers, exporters, financial partners, insurers and international counterparties.

Valle Capital Token is designed to help address this operational complexity by creating a technological layer that organizes information, improves visibility and supports digital integration across the agro-export chain.

The project’s market opportunity is driven by the increasing demand for:

• More transparent agribusiness and export operations
• Better access to structured working capital
• Reliable contract and document monitoring
• Digital traceability from field to shipment
• Operational intelligence through data and artificial intelligence
• Blockchain-based auditability for selected commercial milestones
• New technology infrastructure connecting real assets and global digital capital

VCT is positioned at the intersection of agribusiness, commodity trading, export finance and real-world asset tokenization.

A Technology Layer for the Entire Agribusiness Chain

Valle Capital Token is not designed solely as a digital asset. It is being developed as a broader ecosystem of digital tools and operational infrastructure for the agribusiness and export sector.

The platform is expected to include:

• Satellite Monitoring and Field Intelligenc: The ecosystem plans to use imagery and field data to monitor agricultural areas and track the evolution of production cycles. These tools are intended to support improved operational visibility across the agricultural chain.
• Climate Mapping: Territorial and climate indicators are planned to support decision-making throughout crop cycles, helping participants monitor environmental and operational conditions relevant to agricultural activity.
• Logistics Tracking: Valle Capital Token plans to provide visibility into commodity movement, storage, commercial preparation and shipment-related milestones, helping reduce fragmented information among partners in the supply chain.
• Irrigation and Field Mapping: The platform is expected to include tools for mapping and visualizing irrigated areas, soil information and field infrastructure, supporting operational analysis and agricultural planning.
• Operational Artificial Intelligence: VCT plans to integrate AI-based tools for operational analysis, sector intelligence and data interpretation, strengthening the ability of participants to understand trends, monitor activity and make more informed decisions.
• Digital Traceability: Digital traceability tools are intended to support the monitoring of production-chain information, operational milestones and product-origin data. This can create a clearer historical record for selected activities within the agro-export ecosystem.
• Information Panels and Operational Alerts: The project plans to provide dashboards for users and partners, combining field data, operational progress, real-time alerts and relevant ecosystem information in a single digital environment.
• Smart Contracts and On-Chain Transparency: A central component of Valle Capital Token is its use of EVM-compatible smart contracts to support auditable records of selected capital flows, commercial structures and operational milestones.

The project intends to register hashes and references associated with real-world operations, which may include:

• Agricultural agreements
• Commodity purchase contracts
• Export and international trade agreements
• Invoices
• Packing lists
• Bills of Lading
• Certificates
• Logistics milestones
• Delivery confirmations
• Settlement status

This structure is designed to improve auditability and transparency without replacing the legal, financial, and commercial processes required for real-world operations.

According to the project’s model, financing flows are expected to be formalized through legal structures and recorded on-chain to create a more transparent operational record.

Agribusiness and Export Finance Strategy

Valle Capital Token’s ecosystem is designed around two primary operational areas.

Valle Capital: Agribusiness Operations

The project plans to support infrastructure connected to:

• Agricultural financing for producers
• Advance commodity purchases
• Working-capital support
• Crop financing
• Future-contract structuring
• Agricultural supply-chain operations

Grupo CGM: Export Operations

The export-finance structure may support:

• Pre-shipment financing
• Logistics and shipping costs
• Operational cost coverage
• Commodity-export preparation
• International trade activities
• Export-volume expansion

The project states that international capital may be transferred to Brazilian operating entities through formalized legal mechanisms, including capital contributions and structured private-loan agreements, subject to applicable law, regulatory requirements and project compliance procedures.

VCT Token and Ecosystem Utility

VCT is positioned as an RWA-focused utility token intended to connect eligible global participants to a growing ecosystem of digital tools, services, programs, benefits and future platform modules.

The current website identifies a total supply of 650,000,000 VCT on BNB Smart Chain. The token allocation is structured across presale, operations and treasury, liquidity and listings, marketing and ecosystem development, team and advisors, and strategic reserve and legal allocation.

Current token allocation includes:

• 35% — Presale: 227.5 million VCT
• 25% — Operations and Treasury: 162.5 million VCT
• 15% — Liquidity and Listings: 97.5 million VCT
• 10% — Marketing and Ecosystem: 65 million VCT
• 10% — Team and Advisors: 65 million VCT
• 5% — Strategic Reserve and Legal: 32.5 million VCT

The presale is structured across 15 rounds of 10 days each. The website states that presale allocations include 10% at token-generation event, with the remaining 90% released over 12 months.

Roadmap Toward Global RWA Expansion

Valle Capital Token has outlined a phased roadmap focused on moving from token infrastructure and presale activity to real operational deployment and broader ecosystem expansion.

Phase 1 — Foundation and Presale includes the BVI tokenization entity, smart-contract development, audit preparation, BNB Smart Chain deployment and the 15-round presale structure.

Phase 2 — Capital Deployment focuses on agribusiness financing through Valle Capital, export-finance activity through Grupo CGM, formalized capital flows and investor dashboards.

Phase 3 — Smart Operations includes satellite and climate monitoring, logistics-tracking modules, AI operational analysis, digital traceability and staking-related ecosystem tools.

Phase 4 — RWA Scale targets on-chain commodity tokenization, card-gateway and fiat on-ramp integration, international partnerships, exchange-listing preparation and the development of a global RWA marketplace.

Why Valle Capital Token Stands Out

Valle Capital Token is designed around a differentiated proposition: combining blockchain technology with real agribusiness and commodity-export operations rather than focusing exclusively on speculative digital-asset use cases.

The project’s main advantages include:

• Focus on Brazilian agribusiness and global commodity exports
• BVI tokenization structure and BNB Smart Chain deployment
• Utility token with an RWA-focused ecosystem model
• Smart contract-based transparency and auditability
• Satellite, climate and logistics intelligence tools
• Digital traceability for the agro-export chain
• AI-driven operational analysis
• Investor and partner dashboards
• Structured capital deployment for agro and export operations
• Long-term roadmap toward global RWA marketplace infrastructure

“Valle Capital Token is being developed to connect technology, capital and real operational activity. Our goal is to create a more transparent digital ecosystem where agribusiness, exports, blockchain infrastructure and global participants can operate together,” said Luan Coimbra Correia Responsible Representative, Valle Token.

Important Notice

VCT is a utility token and does not represent equity, ownership participation, a security, guaranteed returns, guaranteed yield or guaranteed token appreciation. Participation in digital assets involves risks, including market volatility, liquidity risk, technology risk, operational risk, regulatory changes and potential loss of capital.

The project states that participation is subject to applicable laws, jurisdictional restrictions, KYC/AML verification and legal review. The VCT presale is not marketed to persons located in, or citizens or residents of, the United States, Brazil or OFAC-sanctioned jurisdictions.

About Valle Capital Token

Valle Capital Token is a blockchain-powered agribusiness, export-finance and real-world asset ecosystem. The project aims to connect global digital capital with Brazilian agricultural operations and international commodity exports through EVM smart contracts, blockchain transparency, digital traceability, operational intelligence and scalable Web3 infrastructure.

Official Links

Website: https://valletoken.com

Whitepaper: https://whitepaper.valletoken.com

Telegram: https://t.me/vallecapitaltoken

X / Twitter: https://x.com/valletoken_

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vallecapitaltoken

Contact

CFO
Luan Coimbra Correia
VALLE CAPITAL TOKEN
[email protected]

Dubai, UAE, July 1st, 2026, Chainwire

Utorg, a crypto wallet and card platform built on institutional-grade infrastructure, today announced it has received full authorization under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation, effective July 1, 2026 – the date on which the industry’s transitional period ends and unauthorized providers can no longer legally serve European users. 

The company, which also provides regulated crypto rails, wallets and stablecoin infrastructure to businesses across 130+ countries, is among a small number of platforms to have completed the full authorization process and is now cleared to operate across all 29 EEA member states, a combined market of over 450 million people.

What MiCA means for users

MiCA is the EU’s first unified regulatory framework for crypto-assets, establishing binding standards on consumer protection, transparency, and financial integrity across all member states.

For users, MiCA authorization means concrete protective measures that previously did not exist in crypto: funds must be held separately from company assets, fees must be disclosed upfront, and users have a legal right to file complaints with a national regulator. If a MiCA-authorized platform fails, user assets are protected under EU law (not subject to the discretion of an offshore jurisdiction).

For Utorg, the authorization is the result of a full regulatory review of its products, operations, and compliance infrastructure. It also means ongoing oversight: Utorg is now subject to regular reporting obligations and supervisory review under EU financial law.

Industry background

July 1, 2026 marks the end of MiCA’s transitional period – the point at which crypto-asset service providers without full authorization can no longer legally serve users in the EEA. 

In the months leading up to the deadline, a significant portion of the market has withdrawn from or restricted European operations. Utorg is among the few platforms to have completed the full authorization process and is operational from day one of the new regulatory regime.

Eugene Petrakov, Co-founder of Utorg, said: “Most of the industry spent the last two years hoping MiCA would get delayed or softened. We spent it building toward it. For European users, July 1 means fewer options, stricter standards, and a much shorter list of platforms they can actually trust. We intend to be at the top of that list, not just because we’re authorized, but because we built a product that is safe by design. The license confirms what was already true.”

Utorg’s products available to EEA residents

From July 1, EEA users can continue to access Utorg’s full product suite through the Utorg App, including:

• A crypto wallet supporting buy, send, receive, store, and swap across 170+ cryptocurrencies and 14 blockchains, including BTC, ETH, and SOL. Thanks to its non-custodial nature, Utorg has no access to users’ funds at any point.
• A crypto card accepted at 80 million+ merchants worldwide, with Google Pay and Apple Pay support and allowing users to spend their crypto as they wish. It’s worth mentioning that there are no fees for issuance, maintenance, or top-ups.

This crypto card operates under strict AML (Anti-Money Laundering) and KYC (Know Your Customer) compliance requirements, as mandated by MiCA, ensuring users benefit from the full protections afforded by EU law. 

For card payments specifically, Utorg holds a PCI DSS Level 2 certificate under the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. This is the same security framework used across the traditional payments industry, and it governs how card numbers, transaction records, and personal details are stored, processed, and transmitted. Compliance is verified through regular audits by an independent assessor.

About Utorg

Founded in 2019, Utorg is a crypto infrastructure and consumer application fintech company operating across 130+ countries. It provides regulated on/off-ramp rails, wallet infrastructure, and stablecoin solutions to fintechs, exchanges, digital asset platforms and other businesses globally. Its consumer app, trusted by more than 2 million users, offers a self-custodial multi-chain wallet and a free Visa crypto card, available on iOS (in July) and Android. Utorg is MiCA-authorized and holds PCI DSS Level 2 certification. 

Contact

CMO
Andrey
Utorg
[email protected]

Palo Alto, United States, June 26th, 2026, Chainwire

Toss users can now contribute real-world data to train AI and get paid for it, in a first-of-its-kind model launching in Korea ahead of global expansion.

Poseidon, the data infrastructure built to source and license real-world data for AI, today announced a partnership with Toss, the mobile financial platform operated by Viva Republica, to let everyday users contribute to AI training and be paid for what they provide. It is Toss’s first move into AI data, and it opens that market to its roughly 30 million users.

Frontier AI has run out of internet to scrape. The next generation of models depends on real-world data, the kind that captures how people actually speak, move, and react, which does not exist on the open web and has never had a clean way to be sourced, licensed, or paid for. Poseidon is building the infrastructure to change that, and Toss brings the reach to do it at scale.

Through the partnership, Poseidon’s contributor app, Numo, launches inside the Toss app. Toss users can help build Korean-language training data across voice, image, and video, and receive payment tied directly to what they contribute. Poseidon provides the infrastructure that tracks each contribution and its value, while Toss provides the user base and the financial experience that turns participation into payment. Together they offer a working answer to a question the AI industry has struggled with, which is how to compensate the people whose data makes models better.

Every contribution made through Numo is registered on DATA, the AI data network that Poseidon refines data for. DATA gives each record a verifiable provenance trail through Trace, its public audit layer, so a buyer can see where a piece of training data came from and a contributor can see that their work was counted and paid. DATA Foundation, which launched this week from the rebrand of Story, is building this layer alongside integration partners including the human data marketplace Kled, and Poseidon is one of the largest sources of refined data flowing into it.

What Numo collects is first-person data, recorded by real people in real environments, which is among the hardest and most valuable categories to obtain. It is the raw material for physical intelligence, the AI that has to operate in the physical world across robotics, autonomous vehicles, and other applications. Demand from global AI labs for this kind of data is climbing, and Korea is positioned to supply it, with its dense real-life data and Toss’s user base. Poseidon and Toss intend to prove the model in Korea, then expand to global markets.

Changhoon Seo, Executive Director of New Business at Toss, said: “As the AI industry grows, demand for high-quality data is rising just as fast. Toss plans to build an environment where users can take part in the data economy more easily and naturally, and to expand a structure in which the value they contribute is rewarded transparently.”

SY Lee, Chief Strategy Officer and Chairman of Poseidon, said: “Korea is one of the few markets where the strategic importance of AI data, a mature financial system, and world-class mobile experience all exist at once. Toss is the right partner to turn user-contributed AI data from an early idea into a standard the rest of the world can adopt.” Lee previously founded the web-novel platform Radish and sold it to Kakao Entertainment, co-founded Story, the IP infrastructure that recently rebranded as DATA Foundation, and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum this year.

About Poseidon

Poseidon is the data infrastructure for AI, built to source, refine, and license the real-world data that frontier models need and the open internet cannot supply. Incubated by the team behind The DATA Network, Poseidon bridges the gap between data supply and AI demand by enabling access to high-quality, IP-safe, and composable training datasets. Poseidon raised a $15 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Poseidon’s contributor app, Numo, has recorded more than 711,000 data registrations worldwide and is available and is now available on the Toss app.

Contact

HV
[email protected]

Zug, Switzerland, June 25th, 2026, Chainwire

Anyone can now execute mass payouts across EVM chains and Tron from a single platform and can choose between multiple wallet screening providers.

Just three weeks after releasing major upgrades for crypto payment collection, the Request Network Foundation today announced another expansion of its stablecoin payment platform. The release introduces one-click mass payouts on both EVM and Tron, alongside built-in bridging and token swapping across EVM chains. The update also expands compliance capabilities through the integration of Merkle Science as an additional wallet screening provider.

Together, these capabilities reinforce Request Network’s vision of providing businesses with a simpler, more scalable, and more resilient way to operate stablecoin payments globally.

Users Can Now Disburse at Scale in One Click From a Single Wallet Without Bridging or Swapping

Stablecoins are already widely used to disburse salaries, commissions, affiliate rewards, bug bounties, supplier payments, and customer refunds or withdrawals across the world. While settlements are now faster and cheaper in stablecoins compared to fiat, the operational processes needed to send funds remain complex as recipients usually require payments on multiple chains and in multiple currencies. This has forced finance teams to initiate multiple transactions in separate currencies and from multiple wallets.

Request Network now abstracts away this fragmentation, allowing anyone to initiate mass payouts from a single wallet in a single currency to pay recipients across the top 6 EVM chains (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, and BNB Chain) in USDC and USDT.

Through a single signature, a mass payout can now be initiated even if the individual transactions need to be bridged and swapped to reach their recipient. Request Network protocol automatically retrieves and batches bridge and swap quotes in order to funnel every payment of a batch to its correct destination in just one approval.

To simplify the process further, Request Network also allows any recipient to set and update their payment preferences so payments are always routed to where they should go.

This represents one of the biggest breakthroughs in cross-chain and swapping abstraction, bringing payers and recipients closer than ever before, regardless of the blockchain or currency they trust.

Mass Payouts Now Available on Tron

Alongside EVM mass payouts, Request Network also announced the support of mass payouts on Tron, becoming the first protocol to combine both capabilities.

Thanks to this release, anyone can now send USDT to multiple recipients on Tron in a single transaction, unlocking large-scale payouts on one of the most used chains in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.

With this release, anyone can now manage all stablecoin payouts globally from the Request Network protocol.

More Choice for Wallet Screening

Alongside mass payouts, Request Network also announced a partnership with Merkle Science to offer additional wallet screening providers on the protocol.

As a reminder, Request Network offers built-in wallet screening to protect its users from high-risk wallet interactions. When enabled, this feature allows payments to be executed only if the payer or recipient satisfies the preset screening policies, helping businesses to avoid exposure to high-risk wallets which may lead to asset freezing or difficulties off-ramping to fiat.

By expanding its integration of Merkle Science, Request Network just became one of the safest ways to receive crypto onchain, while accommodating for recipients’ preferences.

Tristan Wallaert, CEO of the Request Network Foundation, said: “Stablecoins allowed money to move globally without the usual fiat constraints, but executing payments at scale remains a bottleneck and is forcing users to rely on payment service providers. Anyone should be able to pay by himself hundreds of payments across chains in just a single operation.High risk wallets exposure has tarnished the crypto reputation recently, if we want to provide the best protection to blockchain users they need to be able to use the best screening providers. Sending and receiving payments must become intuitive and safe if we want stablecoins to be a real alternative to fiat.”

Mriganka Pattnaik, CEO of Merkle Science, said: “As stablecoin payments become more global and cross-chain, compliance needs to become just as seamless as the payment experience itself. Our integration with Request Network helps businesses screen wallets with greater confidence, reduce exposure to high-risk activity, and scale onchain payments without compromising trust or operational efficiency”.

About Request Network

Since 2017, Request Network has developed, educated about, and promoted the use of open-source, decentralized and permissionless protocols that provide infrastructure for on-chain payments and related financial flows.

Request Network allows anyone to send and receive crypto at scale, across chains, without custodial intermediaries. The protocol is developed by a community-funded foundation whose mission is to make crypto payments accessible while protecting its participants.

To date, more than $2 billion has moved thanks to Request Network technology.

Press kit

About Merkle Science

Merkle Science provides blockchain analytics and crypto compliance solutions that help businesses detect, investigate, and prevent financial crime across digital assets. Its platform supports wallet screening, transaction monitoring, risk intelligence, and investigations, enabling crypto platforms, financial institutions, and payment providers to manage onchain risk and meet compliance requirements at scale.

Contacts

CEO
Tristan Wallaert
Request Network Foundation
[email protected]
Director of Business Operations
Álvaro García
[email protected]

New York, United States, June 18th, 2026, Chainwire

Stratosphere, Pudgy Penguins and Streamex hosted a private Founders Table VIP Dinner in New York City during ETHConf 2026 and NYC Tech Week, bringing together leaders across digital assets, tech, AI, traditional finance and institutional capital.

The invite-only dinner took place on June 9th and gathered a curated room of founders, operators, funds, C-level executives and institutional leaders for an intimate evening of dinner and conversation.

Guests in attendance included leaders from Citi, BitMine, BitGo, Mirae Asset Securities USA, Experian, Pyth Network, Space and Time, MegaETH, B3, Stable, Antler, Delphi Digital, Fun, Linera, Vanta Trading, Streamex, PolyData, Horizen Labs, World Foundation, Zipcode, OpenLedger, Onyx, Definitive, Notalone Ventures and more.

The Founders Table format is intentionally simple: a selected guest list, a private room and no stage agenda. The goal is to bring the right people together in a setting where conversations can happen naturally.

The dinner was hosted by Stratosphere with Pudgy Penguins and Streamex. Stratosphere brought its network across founders, operators, investors and institutional teams. Pudgy Penguins added one of the strongest consumer brands and communities in digital assets. Streamex brought the institutional and real-world asset side of the conversation, with its focus on tokenized gold and commodity markets.

The Stratosphere team and its CEO, Hassan Shaikh, have continued to build Founders Table into a private dinner series around major industry conferences. After previous editions during Digital Asset Summit and Consensus, the New York dinner continued the same idea: high-quality rooms, selected attendance and conversations that are hard to recreate on a conference floor.For Stratosphere, the dinner reinforces the company’s position as an ecosystem partner for leading brands across tech, finance and digital assets. Established projects work with Stratosphere to deepen cultural relevance, strengthen market narratives and connect with founders, investors, institutions and operators across the industry.

“I’m optimistic about the next phase of digital assets, especially around the tokenization of commodities,” said Hassan Shaikh, CEO of Stratosphere. “These dinners give us a way to bring funds, institutions, and founders into the same room to talk about where the market is heading.”

The Founders Table series is expected to continue around major global conferences throughout the year, with future editions focused on bringing together founders, capital, institutions and leading brands in private, relationship-driven rooms.

For those interested in attending or getting involved in future Founders Table editions, reach out to the Stratosphere team.

About Stratosphere

Stratosphere is an ecosystem partner and growth consultancy for industry leaders in tech and finance, building the narratives, ecosystem partnerships, and distribution flywheels that create sustainable, repeatable growth.

Website: www.stratosphere.vip

X: @StratosphereVIP

Contact

Yaroslav Provada
[email protected]

Tampa, Florida, June 9th, 2026, Chainwire

Pro wrestling legend, international rock star, multi time world champion and lifelong collector Chris Jericho is officially joining Kokopi Koalas ahead of the June 11 mint on LaunchMyNFT: https://launchmynft.io/mint/kokopikoalas

Kokopi Koalas, the customizable NFT ecosystem on Solana, today announced a collaboration with global wrestling icon, musician, actor and collector Chris Jericho. As part of the partnership, Jericho will work directly with the Kokopi community to create official Chris Jericho Traits that will launch in the project’s Trait Store.

Unlike traditional NFT collections where assets remain static after mint, Kokopi Koalas give NFT holders the unique ability to continuously customize and evolve their digital collectibles through its Trait Store. Collectors can acquire, swap, equip, and combine traits to create unique, personalized Koalas that grow and evolve over time.

Chris Jericho to Host Live Community Trait Design Events on X.com and Discord

Jericho will host live community events where Kokopi holders can submit trait concepts inspired by his legendary career. During the sessions, Jericho will review submissions and personally select the winning designs, which will become the official Chris Jericho Traits available in the Trait Store.

In addition, Kokopi token holders will receive exclusive VIP access to Jericho through the project’s Discord: https://discord.gg/kokopikoalas and X.com: https://x.com/KokopiCanopy, including private voice chats, lives, spaces, giveaways, and direct engagement opportunities.

Real-World IP & Merch Utility

Beyond digital customization, Kokopi Koalas is extending NFT and trait ownership into real-world IP. Holders who equip official traits — such as the upcoming Chris Jericho Trait — will be able to connect their wallet in the Trait Store: https://kokopikoalas.com/ to unlock exclusive access to limited-edition merchandise featuring customized NFTs, including apparel, drinkware, posters, calendars and toys. These items will be available at a discount to Kokopi Token/NFT holders who can also register as affiliates to earn revenue by promoting their personalized merch links.

Chris Jericho On Joining Kokopi Koalas

“I’ve spent my career entertaining people, bringing communities together, and collecting things that mean something. The Kokopi Koalas Trait Store model feels like the next step in digital collectibles. It puts creativity back in the hands of the fans, and when I saw what the Kokopi team was building, I knew I wanted to be not only an investor, but a partner!”— Chris Jericho

BTN, Co-Founder of Kokopi Koalas, added: “Chris Jericho embodies exactly what we’re building at Kokopi Koalas. He deeply understands fandom, collecting, and the power of community. Having him actively involved in the Kokopi community, creating a trait with our holders, is a perfect reflection of our vision — putting real ownership and creative input back into the hands of the people who support the project. This collaboration goes beyond digital collectibles. With the introduction of real-world merch utility and Jericho inspired traits, we’re showing that Kokopi Koalas is designed to grow and evolve long after mint. Chris has spent his career constantly reinventing himself across wrestling, music, and entertainment. There’s no better initial partner to help us bring together diverse communities and prove that NFTs can deliver lasting, meaningful experiences than Chris!”

Building the Future of Evolving Digital Collectibles

The upcoming Kokopi Koalas NFT mint on June 11 will introduce a new model of interactive digital ownership. Rather than one-time static purchases, holders will be able to continuously upgrade, swap and personalize their NFTs through ongoing trait releases, future collaborations with other NFT and Token projects, limited trait drops, celebrity and community-driven content.

The Chris Jericho Trait will be the first celebrity-backed trait introduced into the ecosystem. These partnerships further expand customization options and create meaningful cross-community connections amongst various projects both within and outside of Solana.

Kokopi Koalas also recently announced they will be dropping soccer inspired traits in preparation for this summer’s World Cup where NFT holders will be able to equip their Kokopi NFT with respective country Jerseys/Kits, stadium backgrounds and other soccer inspired traits.  

Additional details regarding the live trait design event, submission process, and mint will be shared through Kokopi Koalas’ official channels or you can sign up for notifications at: https://kokopikoalas.com/

About Kokopi Koalas

Kokopi Koalas is a community-driven, customizable NFT ecosystem built on Solana. Through its Trait Store, holders can collect, equip, and combine traits to create unique and evolving digital collectibles. By combining community participation, digital ownership, and collectible culture, Kokopi Koalas is pioneering a new model for long-term engagement in NFTs.

Website: kokopikoalas.com

X: https://x.com/KokopiCanopy

Discord: https://discord.gg/kokopikoalas

Coin Address: ENcwYGVhRsEqKpH4SzRH4mcYSGc9Cb6s4WJGS9ojpump

Users can view Kokopi Koalas’ official Media & Press Kit — featuring high-resolution assets, project visuals, and exclusive Q&As — at: kokopikoalas.com/media/

Contact

https://x.com/BTN_KOKOP
BTN
Kokopi Koalas
[email protected]

Tokyo, Japan, June 9th, 2026, Chainwire

Joined by partners and investors including Animoca Brands, Basics Capital, TBV, Kinetic Kollective, Mario Nawfal, and Grammy-winning artist Ne-Yo, Neura is building the missing layer of AI: empathy and memory.

Neura, the protocol building the world’s first Emotional AI Economy, today announced the close of a strategic funding round to accelerate development of AI agents with persistent emotional memory and user-owned identity. The round drew leading investors and partners in the Web3, AI, and culture spaces, including Animoca Brands, Basics Capital, TBV, Kinetic Kollective, Mario Nawfal, and Grammy Award-winning artist Ne-Yo.

Today’s AI is getting smarter every month — but it still forgets users the moment a session ends or devices change. It processes what people say, not what they feel. Neura is built to close that gap. Its agents interpret tone and emotional context, remember a user’s emotional history across interactions, and adapt over time to build genuine, long-term relationships — with that memory anchored on-chain and owned by the user, not trapped inside a centralized app.

“Emotional intelligence is the missing layer in AI, and memory is what makes it useful — we’re building both,” said Sahin Bayar, CMO of Neura. “The whole industry is racing on IQ. We believe the next leap is EQ. The smartest tool in the world means nothing if it doesn’t remember who you are. At Neura, your AI understands how you feel — and that memory belongs to you.”

The new capital will fund Neura’s three-phase roadmap: Neura Social, the consumer app where users interact with emotional AI companions; the Neura AI SDK, enabling developers to build agents that persist context and emotional state; and the full Neura Protocol, a decentralized network with verifiable compute and community governance. Through Neura’s on-chain Memory Ledger, emotional context is preserved with privacy-first cryptographic proofs — portable across models, platforms, and devices.

The backing of investors spanning Web3 infrastructure, capital markets, and global culture — including Ne-Yo, whose involvement signals Neura’s reach into the creator economy and entertainment — underscores growing conviction that emotionally intelligent, user-owned AI is the next frontier for both consumer adoption and the broader AI economy.

Neura invites builders, creators, and the wider community to join early as it builds the Emotional AI Economy.

To learn more, users can visit neura-ai.io.

About Neura

Neura is building the world’s first Emotional AI Economy — a decentralized protocol that gives AI agents empathy, persistent emotional memory, and user-owned identity. Most AI today processes what people say, not what they feel; it forgets users the moment a session ends or devices change. Neura closes that gap. Its agents interpret tone and emotional context, remember a user’s emotional history across interactions, and adapt over time to build genuine, long-term relationships.

Crucially, that memory belongs to the user. Through Neura’s on-chain Memory Ledger, emotional context is anchored with privacy-preserving cryptographic proofs — portable across models, platforms, and even physical embodiments, rather than locked inside one company’s walls. Neura unites trust (blockchain), aligned incentives (tokenomics), and empathy (emotional AI) into a new class of long-lived, community-owned digital agents.

The next leap in AI isn’t IQ. It’s EQ. Users can learn more at neura-ai.io.

Contact

CMO
Sahin Bayar
Neura AI
[email protected]

Abu Dhabi, UAE, June 8th, 2026, Chainwire

Global game jam MapleStory Vibe Camp offers US$60,000 in NXPC prizes as builders gain access to official MapleStory Universe resources in conjunction with Verse8

MapleStory Universe (MSU), the blockchain-powered expansion of Nexon’s iconic MapleStory franchise, today announced the launch of MapleStory Vibe Camp, a global builder competition inviting users to create original games and experiences using official MapleStory Universe resources. The campaign coincides with the opening of MSU Space, a dedicated builder hub developed in collaboration with AI-powered game creation platform Verse8.

Running from June 8 to June 29, MapleStory Vibe Camp offers a total prize pool of US$60,000 in NXPC and is open to builders worldwide. Through MSU Space, participants will be able to build and publish MapleStory-inspired experiences, with selected projects receiving recognition, rewards, and potential opportunities for future ecosystem participation.

The launch is the first major public activation of MSU 2.0, MapleStory Universe’s next phase of growth following its first year of live operations. The milestone celebrated surpassing 150 million cumulative on-chain transactions and generating approximately 49.1 million NXPC, equivalent to US$31 million, in ecosystem revenue. This heralds MapleStory Universe’s expansion from a single game environment into a broader platform designed to support creation, distribution, and monetization opportunities with MapleStory IP. 

Sun Young Hwang, Chief Executive Officer at Nexpace said, “Over the past year, MapleStory Universe has demonstrated that a large-scale game economy can successfully operate on-chain. The next chapter is about expanding who participates in building it. As AI continues to lower the barrier to game creation, the distinction between player and builder becomes less fixed, and MapleStory IP becomes the foundation that both groups create from and around. Both MapleStory Vibe Camp and MSU Space represent important first steps toward realizing that vision, by lowering barriers to creation and unveiling new ways for communities to build with our legacy IP.”

Opening MapleStory IP to a New Generation of Builders

At the center of the initiative is MSU Space, a dedicated environment within Verse8 that provides users access to official MapleStory Universe assets, resources, and development tools. Through the platform, builders can leverage MapleStory-themed characters, monsters, items, environments, and lore while utilizing Verse8’s AI-assisted game creation capabilities. Participants can develop projects through natural language prompts, iterate on gameplay concepts, and publish completed experiences directly through the platform.

The launch reflects the broader objectives of MSU 2.0, which aims to transform MapleStory from a traditionally closed-game IP into a programmable ecosystem where communities can create new experiences, applications, and services using MapleStory IP.

MSU 2.0 seeks to reduce the barriers traditionally associated with IP-based creation by combining on-chain infrastructure, AI-assisted creation tools, and community-driven participation into one unified framework.  

Why MSU Space on Verse8

As MapleStory Universe expands beyond a single game experience, creating accessible entry points becomes increasingly important. The collaboration with Verse8 provides an environment where builders can discover ecosystem opportunities, experiment with fresh concepts, and participate in the broader vision of MSU 2.0. The initiative also introduces MapleStory Universe to a wider audience of developers and AI-native builders who may be encountering the ecosystem for the first time.

Kevin Lee, CEO of Verse8, said: “For decades, building with major gaming IPs has largely been limited to professional studios and approved partners. Through MSU Space and AI, however, creators can now experiment with MapleStory IP in a more accessible way and bring their ideas to life faster than ever before. We’re excited to help power the next wave of MapleStory builders.”

Taken together, MSU Space serves as an accessible gateway into the emerging builder economy underpinning MSU 2.0, connecting users with the tools, resources, and infrastructure needed to create with MapleStory IP.

MapleStory Vibe Camp will run from June 8 to June 29, 2026, with winning entries selected from projects submitted through MSU Space. For more information or to participate in MapleStory Vibe Camp, users can visit: https://vibecamp.msu.io. 

About Nexpace

Nexpace, an innovative blockchain company based in Abu Dhabi, pioneers an IP-expansion initiative powered by blockchain technology and NFTs to build a community-driven ecosystem. With a mission to redefine interactive entertainment, Nexpace creates a vibrant space for exploring, sharing, and engaging with diverse content and gameplay crafted by community members.

At the heart of Nexpace’s ecosystem are principles of transparency, security, and trust, empowering builders to freely share their ideas and enabling users to enjoy immersive experiences. By fostering a culture of creative expression, Nexpace envisions a secure, collaborative environment that unites ecosystem participants in a thriving digital community. 

About Verse8

Verse8 is an AI-native creation and publishing platform that allows anyone to turn ideas into interactive games and stories. By combining generative AI, an integrated game engine, and on-chain ownership, Verse8 lowers the barrier to interactive creation and supports a new generation of creator-led digital worlds. Developed by Planetarium Labs in collaboration with Jake Song, the platform leverages deep gaming expertise and strategic partnerships to deliver high-fidelity interactive experiences at scale.

Contact

PR Manager
Bee Shin
Wachsman
[email protected]